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17 May Litter picking in our local community

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On Thursday 11th May, pupils from Ulidia Integrated College’s Eco Team undertook a litter picking activity at Carrickfergus Castle car park. The activity was supported by ISL recycling who work closely with Ulidia Integrated College to maintain our 'zero waste' status. ISL recycling provided litter pickers...

15 May Habitat for Humanity team do it again!

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Our Charity committee have been busy throughout the year running a number of fundraising events. Through numerous coffee mornings, non uniform days and our wonderful ‘Big Breakfast’ event at Christmas we have for a second year in a row been able to reach our target...

12 May Duke of Edinburgh: Silver Practice Expedition

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Last Friday morning, a group of year 12 and 13 students left Ulidia Integrated College at 8am for their Duke of Edinburgh: Silver Exam Expedition. They travelled to the Mourne Mountains where they contoured around mountains and then climbed. This was made particularly difficult as not...

10 May NEBSSA Athletics

Posted at 13:50h in General News

14 Ulidia pupils from year 8–10 travelled to the Antrim Forum on Thursday 27th April 2017 for the annual regional athletics competition. The weather was kind to us as it stayed dry although very cold. What an amazing day for Ulidia as we had 6...

08 May Year 10 pupils bring clean drinking water to Ambalamanenjana, Madagascar

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It started with a conversation between Miss Guéret and Mrs Patterson at the end of November. One wanted a project that would bring together the 100 pupils in year 10 to make them understand that they can bring about change in society, the other was...

28 Apr Year 8 ‘ReadOn’ in support of children’s charity

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Our year 8 pupils recently completed the sponsored ‘ReadOn’ challenge, raising an outstanding £500 for Cancer Fund for Children. The pupils are very proud of their achievement and are happy that the money is going to such a fantastic cause. Erin (8STL) and Tamzin (8STL) said,...

25 Apr Global Collaboration

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This Article was written as a joint effort by Ulidia Integrated College, Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland and Lycee Pole, Fort Dauphin in Madagascar. Eighty percent of the people in Madagascar are farmers. In the southern region of Madagascar there are several neighbourhoods that produce coffee. We...

11 Apr Final training session with our American basketball coaches

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Thursday 6th April saw the final basketball training session with our American basketball coaches. Nyasha Sarja and Randyll Buttler are both Victory Scholars who are working in partnership with the University of Ulster as part of the ‘Sport changes life’ programme. Both coaches have been...

07 Apr Year 8 Hockey – Integrated Cup Report

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On Friday 31st March, the year 8 hockey team attended the N. Ireland Integrated Hockey Cup tournament at Parkhall School in Antrim. This is the first time the year 8 pupils have been involved in such a tournament so the anticipation and excitement had reached...

07 Apr Year 9 Travel Challenge!

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Pupils across year 9 have taken part in the Translink Travel Challenge this term to try and increase their sustainable travel distances. Pupils recorded how they usually travel to school and then challenged themselves to make their journey more sustainable. Over two weeks the pupils in...